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VOI News - Projects resulting from the signing of a cooperation agreement between the grant management agency, Millennium Challenge Account - Indonesia, with international development organizations, Hivos, have a positive impact on communities in East Nusa Tenggara, in particular Sumba Island. Education and industry sectors have a positive impact on the quality of these projects.  This was stated by the Head of the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources of East Nusa Tenggara Province, Boni, on the sidelines of the National Learning on renewable energy entitled Terangi Nusantara: Turning Hope , Answering the Challenges of Renewable Energy in Jakarta, Wednesday, January 24, 2018.

"So it means that the existing improvement is an example from the educational point of view. There was no electricity there. But when there is the electricity, the reading would interest increases.  Then the working hours of the industries in the area will also improve," Boni said. 

Boni further explained that the Millennium Challenge Account - Indonesia projects implemented in East Nusa Tenggara Province, especially in Sumba Island have also succeeded in creating new livelihoods in various sectors for the local communities. With the new livelihood, the local people's welfare will be better than ever. Hivos is one of the international development organizations that focuses on the latest global issues, one of which is renewable energy, to realize a sustainable economy and an inclusive society // (Rezha/ahm)